Uncertainty, knowledge discovery and data mining in GIS

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-121

  Foody, Giles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; GIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037342756     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309133303pp345pr     Document Type: Article

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